In need of a drummer. Age 15-17, lives within Liverpool. we are an indie/ post punk band who like The Strokes, The Beatles, Arctic Monkeys, Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground. You would have to know your way around the instrument and also be available for audition. Hope you find us.

Just received a new snare. There are what look like scratches along part of the bottom hoop. Don't think it's a structural issue but should I be annoyed? (Tama starphonic nickel plated brass)

I have a detached house and want an acoustic drum kit, but it's in suburbia and I don't want to p**s off the neighbours. The basement has windows so I guess they leak sound. How can I soundproof to improve it (I don't expect completely no sound). Or is it a long-shot and I should just get an electric kit?

Anyone try them for heating protection while drumming? I wonder how they compare with earasers or eargasms.

Hi all,

I am returning back to the drums after some years of not playing at all. I grew up playing marching band, concert percussion, etc. and played some talent shows in college. Now, at 27, I got an electric drumset and have been getting back into playing. In fact, I'm now in a band with some of my buddies thats focusing on grunge country.

However, when I practice now I feel like I only have a couple beats I fall back on, and I'm not that great yet at using my kick drum, and playing in a way that ties to the energy of the song. In that, I'm good at maybe playing the verse but I really struggle with transitions, or just simple fills and crashes to accentuate the song, if you know what I mean. I tend to do the most with the kit.

Any songs that you would recommend that could help build my skills? I have Toxicity by SOAD kinda down, and looking into some RHCP songs.

Hi there! I live in a thin walled apartment. Im looking to buy some mute cymbals so I can quietly practice. They seem to be far more quiet than a (mesh head) E kit? Does anybody have any experience using a particular brand of mute cymbals? Or, opinions on the "quietest"?

I have a Tama Superstar kit with birch shells. My band plays classic rock and currently use Evans G2 coated heads on the batter head and Evans clear G1 on the resonant heads but open to suggestions. At the end of the day I understand it’s all preference but I’d like to hear what other options might be best suited for rock. Thanks!

I know this question seems dumb but I’m not sure if there’s. A problem with my weight that doesn’t allowed me to play double bass drumming as well (im 86kg) mainly metal songs possibly up to 240 bpm.

Title says it all. I love Luke Holland and this fill he does at the very end of his "Starboy" cover hits hard and looks relatively simple. I'm happy to pay someone to transcribe it for me, as I can't seem to figure it out (3:36 mark):

https://youtu.be/fruWf-Z-tJI?t=216

Dm me to discuss pricing!

Side note: I'm in socal and am looking for a drum teacher as well, so it would be awesome if someone could teach me in person. Thanks!

So as a newbie (only a couple months in), a couple things have stood out to me.

Whilst setting up a kit is individual to your needs and anatomy what would be some good online/youtube resources or ways to go about understanding adjusting a kit, basic rules of thumb to positioning as a starting reference (also things like a drum key but any other tools or spare things to have handy). I got some helpful advice around setting up my position for my kick pedal in a previous post. Ideally I would like to do a bit more self directed homework so I have a better idea for initially setting up and not faffing around blindly.

I don’t own an acoustic kit yet but I went to a rehearsal studio (basic one with a kit and mixer/speakers to try some practice was a little bit overwhelmed with sort of not quite knowing if I had all the right stuff to plug into the mixer/speakers or in ear headphones or using my ipad to look at sheet music/playback songs with notation. Eventually I managed to connect to the speakers after looking at the instruction guide but then it was on the other side of the room so I could not have my ipad nearby to control playback/metronome apps and I could only get one speaker to work so I couldn’t get it to a level where i could hear the tracks, metronome and the drums, and feeling like it affected my perception of timing. So ended up giving up and just using my headphones to play the track/ metronome.

Also any kit etiquette for rehersal studios whether it’s leaving the space you found it/ or better and if you need to unadjust things on the kit after use? This would be helpful to know. I mean I know alot of places the kits are beaten up but still don’t think it’s an excuse to not bother. I guess in a similar way to gym etiquette like putting your weights away, unloading and wiping your barbell down etc.

Id be interested to know what are the list of essential bits you have when going to practice and whether you use studio sound systems or just stick with your headphones instead? I guess the only advantage for using the speakers is being able to watch back live with the music and my playing. Where as if I don’t then I have edit the track on to my video afterwards to the appropriate time stamp to see how my playing was.

Currently i have my phone with a tripod to record my practice to look back at/ show my teacher.

iPad with my stand- apps for notation/playback- songsterr or bits of some of the notations I am transcribing from songs I would eventually like to play, playback- YouTube or spotify and metronome/rudiment stuff (drummer itp/ soundbrenner). I have an aux jack to the ipad usb c port cable along with a splitter to have multiple input or outputs if needed.

Headphones- a vicfirth dual function bluetooth/wired pair of.headphones with an aux output cable.

It feels a bit clunky when trying to set things up and would like to know if there’s anything different (apps or setups) to maybe try out or whether this is simply more because it’s all new, luxury of lots of options and what I have is fine it’s just a matter of familiarising, learning my way round the equipment/tech and picking one sort of setup to go with (whether having music / metronome through headphones or speakers).

I’ve only just realised recently in the past week on my e-kit what the purpose of the midi port was which has helped dial sort my at home setup which doesn’t require much changing around and I can just setup quickly and adjust depending what I want to do. But thats the current level of my knowledge tech wise and i mostly rely on bluetooth to connect things in to speaker/ headphones at home. So would be grateful for any pointers to resources or any tips for practice setup 🙏🏼